# Incident 20030420017119I: Cessna 172RG, Niagara Falls, NY, April 20, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2003, 13:40 local time
- Place: Niagara Falls, NY
- Airport: Niagara Falls International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1084° N, 78.9462° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NIAGARA FALLS INTL (IAG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1084&lon=-78.9462&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6171V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6171V-2015-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 255 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030420017119I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 24 AT IAG, N6171V, A CESSNA 172, REGISTERED TO PRIOR AVIATION, BUFFALO, NY, STRUCK THE PROP UPON LANDING. TOWER CALLED THE WINDS AT 170 AT 13. THIS GAVE A TAILWIND COMPONENT OF 4.5 AND A CROSSWIND OF 12.0. THE PIC STATED HE APPLIED FULL RIGHT RUDDER AND FULL LEFT AILERON. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT TURNED TO THE RIGHT OF CENTERLINE AND LEFT RUDDER AND AILERON WERE APPLIED AND THE PIC STATED THAT AT THAT POINT THE TAIL KEPT RAISING UNTIL THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE PIC PARKED THE AIRCRAFT AND CALLED MAINTENANCE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE PROP AND INITIATED AN ENGINE TEAR DOWN. UPON ENGINE REASSEMBLY THE AIRCRAFT WILL BE RETURNED TO SERVICE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THERE WAS NO INJURY TO THE PILOT AND NO PERSONAL PROPERTY DAMAGE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N6171V (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20070420016619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070420016619I), Apr 20, 2007: Cessna 172RG (N6171V), Batavia, NY, Minor damage. (-23) On Friday afternoon, April 20, 2007, aircraft renter, the pilot [privacy data omitted] experienced a prop strike after touchdown at the Genesee County…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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